In this issue:

DPU Grad's Job Searches

• It takes the average college student three to six months to find their first full-time job.
• Roughly 75% of a DPU graduating class initially join the workforce and about 25% attend graduate or professional school.
• Approximately 25% of graduating DPU students go to work full-time after graduation for an employer for whom they worked or interned during college.
• Over 50% of the U.S. workforce works for organizations/companies that employ fewer than 100 employees.

Networking Tips from '97 Alum
(in response to an email he received)

Best advice I can give you for your job search: don't send any more form letters. This email (see below) does not suggest that you know anything about me ( "...came across your name..."), or the job you're looking for ("..any available positions..."). I am sure you're very busy, and you must have a lot of these letters to send out. But you need to understand that the people you are sending these letters to are even busier, and you need to give them some reason to help you, or else your email will end up in the trash. If you don't take the time to craft each letter specifically, you waste the time you spend sending the letter at all.

All I can tell so far is that you went to the DePauw Career Center, and apparently typed in "English Writing" into some database. Well, that's not enough. I think it should mean something to graduate from DePauw with an English Writing major, so I'm writing you to ask you to please try to do better.

Sincerely,
DPU alum '97

P.S. It would help if your resume file was titled with your name, rather than "resume.doc"
P.P.S. You list The DePauw as an extracurricular activity. If you're a writing major, it's worth detailing what kind of work you did there.

Below is the email that the alum above received from a DPU student:

Hello,

My name is ______. I am a senior at DePauw University and came across your name in the Career Center alumni directory. I am majoring in English writing and minoring in English literature. I am interested in a career in your field and was hoping that you might be able to help me in my job search. Please let me know if you are aware of any available positions or anyone whom I should contact. I would be very appreciative of any advice or help in my search you have to offer me. I have attached a copy of my resume in the event you would like to look at it, or foward it on. Thank you.

DePauw Seniors Get Jobs!

The following organizations have extended job offers to DePauw students this fall:

• West Monroe Partners
• Eli Lilly, Sales
• digitaKnowledge
• The Silverman Group
• Teach for America
• JPMorgan
• BMO Capital Markets
• Army ROTC
  
  Please let us know of other offers and graduate school acceptances.
  

Current Job and Internship Openings (application deadline)

• Development/Marketing, Indiana Sports Corporation (12/11)
• Communications/Media Relations, Indiana Sports Corporation (12/11)
• Financial Intern, Mass Mutual/WestPoint Financial Group (12/11)
• Contracts Administration Coordinator, Minnesota Aids Project (12/12)
• Homeless Shelter Internship, St. Elizabeth Shelter (12/12)
• Graphic Designer/Artist, MyCrowd Enterprises (12/13)
• Internship with the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Show (12/13)
• Intern, Prospect Research, United Way of Central Indiana (12/15)
• Web Production Manager, Walker Information (12/17)
• Master Control Operator, WFFT-TV FOX 55 (12/19)

See these and others on TigerTracks

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